Thus, pro-war propaganda is being churned up yet again, this time from
the reliably pro-imperialist Council on Foreign Relations. In true
remedial fashion, the company line comes complete with suggestions of
the use of chemical weapons, civilian casualties, and even weapons of
mass destruction (WMD).

This time, however, the confirmation of the use of chemical weapons
against Syrian “rebels” (i.e. terrorist death squads) comes in the form
of a “secret” State Department cable that was “leaked” to mainstream
news outlet The Cable. As many may remember, the Obama administration has repeatedly described the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime as a “red line” that bears “consequences” for which Assad and his government will be “held accountable.”

Nevertheless, according to Foreign Policy, the
mouthpiece magazine of the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. diplomats
stationed in Turkey have conducted a detailed investigation in regards
to claims that Bashar-al-Assad has, in fact, used chemical weapons
against the Syrian death squads.

Predictably, these covert investigations have determined that there is a
“compelling case” that Assad’s forces have indeed used these chemical
weapons, although the cable implies that these death squads are
honorable freedom fighters. The cable was signed by U.S. consul general
in Istanbul, Scott Frederic Kilner, and sent to the State Department
headquarters in Washington, D.C. last week.

Interestingly enough, however, the investigation, which was described as
“one of the most comprehensive efforts the U.S. government has made to
investigate claims by internal Syrian sources,” utilized a series of
interviews, with “activists, doctors, and defectors” to make its
determinations.

Of course, anyone educated on the Syrian destabilization should
immediately recognize this list of sources and research material as
nothing more than the Syrian death squads themselves, with actual Syrian
traitors thrown in for good measure in the form of “defectors.”

Those
who have followed the Syrian situation should recognize the designation
of “activists,” “protestors,” and “rebels,” as simply a more
politically expedient term used for what should more aptly be deemed
death squads.

Even some of the “doctors” with whom the interviews were conducted are of questionable relation to the death squads. Foreign Policy
reports that it was the “rebels’ Homs medical committee” that
“circulated the report that “detailed the symptoms of several of the
victims who were brought to a makeshift field hospital inside the city
and claims that the victims suffered severe effects of inhaling
poisonous gas.”

'It was a chemical weapon, we are sure of that, because tear gas can't
cause the death of five people,' said Dr. Nashwan Abu Abdo, a
neurologist who spoke with The Cable from an undisclosed location inside of Homs.

Abdo said the chemical agent was delivered by a tank shell and that the
range of symptoms varied based on the victim's proximity to the poison.
The lightly affected people exhibited gastrointestinal symptoms, nausea,
vomiting, and abdominal pain, he said. Victims who received a higher
concentration of the poison, in addition to the gastrointestinal
symptoms, showed respiratory symptoms as well.

'The main symptom of the respiratory ailments was bronchial secretions.
This particular symptom was the cause of the death of all of the
people,' he said. 'All of them died choking on their own secretions.'

The doctors said their conclusion that the poison was a chemical agent
and not tear gas was based on three factors: the suddenness of the
deaths of those who were directly exposed, the large number of people
affected, and the fact that many victims returned with recurring
symptoms more than 12 hours after they had been treated, meaning that
the poison had settled either in their nervous systems or fat tissue.

Another interesting comment, however, is that the “doctors” are
incapable of providing the enthusiastic Western media and war propaganda
machine with the exact type of “chemical weapon” which was used.

As Foreign Policy reports,

The doctors on the scene said they were not able to pinpoint the poison
because they lacked the advanced laboratory equipment needed. They took
blood, hair, saliva, and urine samples, but those samples are no longer
viable for testing because too much time has passed.

Considering the track record of the Western governments involved in the
Syrian destabilization and the Western media as a whole, it would not be
completely without merit to assume that these cases of alleged
“chemical weapons-based poisonings” simply never occurred to begin with.
After all, we must remember the blatantly invented cases of Saddam Hussein’s WMDs or incubator babies of years past or the equally false claims that Ghaddafi had handed out Viagra to soldiers in order to rape civilian women.

Yet, another option might be that the death squads themselves may have
been hoisted by their own petard. Let us not forget that it has been the
death squads, not Assad, who have threatened to use chemical weapons
against the Syrian army and, as a result and by default, the Syrian
people. Indeed, the death squads even recorded a video
which was distributed to media outlets where these threats were made,
as well as a video demonstration of the effects of the chemical agents
in their possession on captive mice.

Perhaps
the death squads were struck by a shell while in possession of chemical
weapons of their own making? Perhaps the death squads were in the
process of transporting the chemical weapons and, demonstrating the
intellectual prowess they have become so renowned for, made a mistake
and damaged the canister, releasing it upon themselves?

While we may never know the answer to these questions for certain, the
history of the Western media outlets and the governments and
corporations they serve in peddling their pro-war propaganda shows that
their reports cannot be trusted in any event.

Still, the Council on Foreign Relations, via Foreign Policy is
openly, yet cleverly, promoting direct military intervention in Syria by
the United States. In a calculating presentation, Josh Rogin attempts
to paint Barack Obama as weak on Assad, even as Obama and his
administration has been supporting and operating terrorist death squads,
with all the requisite civilian casualties, in order to overthrow him
for the entirety of his first term.

One does not have to read to deeply between the lines to understand that Foreign Policy
is insinuating that Obama’s failure to launch a full-scale attack
against Syria early on has led to the use of chemical weapons against
peaceful protestors and innocent civilians – a lie which itself should
cause the entire report to be questioned and almost entirely
disregarded. Foreign Policy writes,

The White House's threats to react to Assad's WMD activity have softened
over time. In Obama's Aug. 20 statement, he indicated that 'a whole
bunch of chemical weapons moving around' would trigger U.S. action.

Obama then shifted his warning
to Assad about red lines in December, after intelligence reports stated
that the Syrian regime had moved some precursor chemicals out of
storage and mixed them, making them easier to deploy. Now, Obama's red line is that the United States will react if Syria uses these weapons.

'The use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable,'
Obama said Dec. 3, directing his comments at Assad. 'If you make the
tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and
you will be held accountable.' That same day, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton added: 'we are certainly planning to take action if that
eventuality were to occur.'

Outside analysts worry that the administration's red line may have shifted again.
'Given the fact you have that in a cable, this indicates that the Obama
administration may not simply jump into the conflict because chemical
agents are used,' said Andrew Tabler, senior fellow at the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy. 'Assad has a much better idea now of
what he can do and get away with.'

'This shows that actually the red line on chemical weapons is not clear
and that the regime may be able to use some chemical agents, and the
response might not be immediate,' he said.

In the end, this entire scenario should be considered nothing more than
war-propaganda aimed at tugging on the heartstrings and overwhelming the
minds of the American people with an entirely false narrative.

Keep in mind, both the Foreign Policy and The Cable
articles are based upon a “secret” cable which was “leaked” to the
mainstream news outlets, just in time for a fresh wave of war-mongering.

Obviously, it does not take a seasoned intelligence analyst to
understand that this document was not truly leaked in the sense that the
general public might interpret it. This cable was most likely created
entirely for the purpose of being leaked in the first place. It is
nothing more than carefully crafted misinformation aimed at drumming up
support for direct intervention in Syria.

Of course, out of all the variables that exist amidst such a volatile
situation, one thing is almost for certain – no one will be Bradley
Manning’d for this leak.

Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He
has a Bachelor's Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author
of three books, Codex Alimentarius -- The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies, and Five Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident. Turbeville
has published over 190 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects
including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties.
Brandon Turbeville's podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every
Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com.

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